Lemon ginger creams

36 Cookies

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ cup Sugar
¼ cup Shortening
½ cup Molasses
½ cup Hot water
1 Egg
2 cups All purpose flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda
½ teaspoon Salt
½ teaspoon Ginger
½ teaspoon Cinnamon
¼ teaspoon Cloves
2 cups Powdered sugar
1 teaspoon Grated lemon peel
2 tablespoons Butter, softened
2 tablespoons Lemon juice
2 tablespoons 2% milk

Directions

FROSTING

Heat oven to 375f. Grease cookie sheets. In large bowl, combine sugar, shortening, molasses, water and egg; beat well. Add all remaining cookie ingredients; stir until just blended. Let stand 5 minutes. Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375f for 8 to 12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Immediately remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely. In small bowl, combine frosting ingredients, adding enough milk for desired spreading consistency; blend until smooth. Spread frosting over cooled cookies. Per cookie: Cal. 90, Fat 2g, protein 1g, sodium 75mg.

Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #249 by "Deborah Kühnen" <DEBKUHNEN@...> on Sep 19, 97

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